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"U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute over a now-removed LifeSiteNews article that claimed he was collaborating with Steve Bannon on a film exposing homosexuality in the Vatican.Cardinal Burke on June 25 said he had urged the institute to return to its original purpose of promoting the respect of human dignity but that it had not done so. Hence he was terminating his relationship including being the institute s honorary president.Eleven other cardinals make up the institute s advisory board and Bannon a former advisor to President Donald Trump is a patron and member of the board of trustees. I have been made aware of a June 24 LifeSiteNews online article &mdash  now removed &mdash  entitled Steve Bannon hints at making film exposing homosexuality in the Vatican  in which the insinuation is made that somehow through my association with Mr. Benjamin Harnwell of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute I was involved in a meeting between Mr. Bannon and Mr. Frederic Martel author of the book  In the Closet of the Vatican  to promote a film version of Mr. Martel s book  Burke said in his letter. LifeSiteNews made no contact with me to verify my possible involvement  he said. Given the overall content of the article and given several statements made by Mr. Bannon in the article I must make the following clear: I do not in any way agree with Mr. Bannon s assessment of the book in question  Burke said. Furthermore I am not at all of the mind that the book should be made into a film. I disagree completely with a number of Mr. Bannon s statements regarding the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church. Above all I find objectionable his statement calling into question the church s discipline of perpetual continence for the clergy in accord with the example and desire of Christ ... he said.Burke said he had never worked with Bannon but had met with him on occasion to discuss Catholic social teaching regarding certain political questions.  In meeting with him as in meeting with other political leaders I have tried to fulfill my mission as a priest to teach the faith and morals for the common good  he said."
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